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Only 19 Search Views at 5:30 AM

Within the past week I had a day of search views in the 260's, and I thought they had finally come up for the fall and the shopping season.

I guess I was wrong.

Here on a saturday morning, usually one of my highest search view days of the week, I have only 19 views from Etsy search.

Even when they have been low all summer I'd still be in the 30's or 40's by now.

I will probably end the day with fewer than 200 views from Etsy search.
2 days ago I finished with only 166.  When on the same day last year I had 255.
Disappointing.

It has been a very good 11 days of November.   So I can't complain too much. And I'm doing slightly better than last year for the past 30 days.

And search views are only about 160 fewer than last year for the first 11 days of the month.  Which is not nearly as bad as I was thinking.

But they are not nearly as good as I thought they'd be.  I could be doing even better this month and this Fall if I had the search views I had last year.

Back to bed.

11:11, 4:44, 5:12

I worked at my garden job yesterday.  It was a day of clean-up.  I cut down the hydrangeas, blew leaves, put away the water features, put away some small pieces of furniture, and a few other tasks..

I was carrying the shop-vac to the concrete birdbath when I thought to check the time.  It was 11:11

After work I walked down to the Goodwill.  I did pretty good.  I was glad I went.  I got a nice old looking pencil signed print and a pair of very cool clear glass candlestick holders, and some other things.

After leaving, when I got up to the bus stop I thought to check the time.  I looked at my watch and it was 4:44.

I got home and checked my email.  I had an email from the owner of the garden.  He thanked me for my hard work for the day.  He had sent it at 5:12.

Back to bed.

283 Search Views Yesterday, Sat Nov 5th: HIghest Since Beginning of the Year

So in my vintage shop since Etsy changed search again in March to deal with clumping after page 3 my search views went down and stayed down all year.

In August I reached 274 and thought my views were going to come up again for the Fall.  But they dropped down to below 200 again.

Until yesterday.

I finished with 283 views from Etsy search.  The highest since the Spring.  And probably since February or March.

I have not reached 300 views from Etsy search, a number I reached regularly prior to the "declumping" since the beginning of the year.  Probably the end of Feb or beginning of March.

And now here at 3:50AM I already have 45 views from Etsy search.  300 search views today????  Or soon???

Back to bed.

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Vintage 20th Wedding Anniversary Gifts in my Etsy Shop

The traditional gift for the 20th wedding anniversary is china, and in my vintage Etsy shop I have a large selection of beautiful teacups from England, France, Germany, and other countries.  By such makers as Aynsley, Tressemann and Vogt, Paragon, Royal Stafford, RWK and many others.

Among some of the beautiful vintage china teacups and saucers I have for sale include this beautiful 1950's pink and gold bone china teacup by Coalport.  It is the Anniversary pattern:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/261252470/vintage-1950s-coalport-anniversary?ga_search_query=20th%2Banniversary&ref=shop_items_search_33

And a 1920's Star Paragon peach and gold teacup and saucer:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/263494775/vintage-1920s-star-paragon-teacup-and?ga_search_query=20th%2Banniversary&ref=shop_items_search_20

A bright Royal Standard teacup and saucer:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/151529833/vintage-20th-anniversary-gift-for-wife?ga_search_query=20th%2Banniversary&ref=shop_items_search_26

A perfect 20th anniversary gift would be the beautiful Royal Stafford Roses to Remember teacup and saucer:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/484527883/vintage-royal-stafford-roses-to-remember?ga_search_query=20th%2Banniversary&ref=shop_items_search_10

A rare Aynsley bone china teacup is the gold fleur de lis pattern in black:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/190771086/antique-1930s-aynsley-black-tea-cup-and?ga_search_query=20th%2Banniversary&ref=shop_items_search_12

One of my favorites is the daisy pattern in pink by also Aynsley:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/255898016/vintage-white-daisies-teacup-and-saucer?ga_search_query=20th%2Banniversary&ref=shop_items_search_30

And another bright china teacup and saucer in gold and yellow produced by Royal Stafford:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/280946506/vintage-bone-china-teacup-and-saucer?ga_search_query=20th%2Banniversary&ref=shop_items_search_18

Another one of my favorites is this Hammersley china gold roses teacup and saucer:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/110895037/vintage-gold-teacup-hammersley-tea-cup?ga_search_query=20th%2Banniversary&ref=shop_items_search_5

Royal Grafton produced a very pretty mid century teacup in blue, gold and white with a pink rose:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/243280660/vintage-20th-anniversary-gift-for-wife?ga_search_query=20th%2Banniversary&ref=shop_items_search_6

And another Mid Century teacup in pink and gold by Paragon:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/253994300/vintage-20th-anniversary-gift-paragon?ga_search_query=20th%2Banniversary&ref=shop_items_search_1

For a traditional 20th wedding anniversary gift of china, a beautiful vintage teacup would make a perfect gift.
And I have more than 700 china and porcelain teacups from which to choose in my vintage shop on Etsy:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ShoponSherman?ref=hdr_shop_menu&section_id=7698939

A vintage teacup and saucer, a perfect gift for that special someone.

My Vintage Bavaria Fragonard Love Story Teapot

One of the more popular themes for teacups and china is the Fragonard image.

Vintage china with images from this famous French painter listed for sale online are very commonly called "Victorian couple" images, but he lived from 1732 to 1836.  And the Victorian image is from the reign of Queen Victoria which was from 1837 to 1901.

I acquired this beautiful piece in the love story theme from a lady who had it in her family since her mother bought it in 1960:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/274395176/vintage-love-story-teapot-bavaria-teapot?ref=shop_home_active_25

It was only used for display, and it shows.

All of the gold is in exceptional condition.  The transfer images are still in beautiful condition.  There are no chips.  No cracks.  No crazing.  And the inside is clean & white.

It is a very popular teapot in my vintage Etsy shop.  I am always on the lookout for more Fragonard and Love Story theme items.

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My Vintage 1960's Adrian Pearsall Style Chairs on Etsy

In my thrift store shopping for my vintage Etsy shop I have had a lot of luck at the local Goodwills.  I have been able to great deals on Mid Century Modern furniture, lighting, pottery and kitchen items. And in particular I have had success in finding great deals on Mid Century chairs.

2 such deals are my vintage high back Adrian Pearsall style chairs.

Adrian Pearsall designed furniture during the 1950's and 1960's.  After studying architectural engineering at the University of Illinois he then opened his furniture store, Craft Associates, in Pennsylvania in 1952.

My vintage mid century chairs are not by Craft Associates, but do have the signature Pearsall style high backs.

I actually was able to acquire 2 blue velvet high back chairs, and they are both still in beautiful condition:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/286403671/vintage-1960s-blue-velvet-chair-mid?ref=shop_home_active_17

And on another adventure to a local Goodwill I was lucky enough to acquire a great 1960's orange velvet high back chair by Fairfield Furniture Co of North Carolina:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/198606543/vintage-1960s-adrian-pearsall-style-mid?ref=shop_home_active_27

    One of my favorite furniture sites is 1stDibs.  An interior designer friend of mine turned me on to the site.

They have beautiful furniture by any designer you can think of.  And they have some great Adrian Pearsall chairs.  Including this pair:

https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/seating/lounge-chairs/pair-of-tall-back-adrian-pearsall-armchairs-craft-associates/id-f_5602993/

            And they have this beautiful blue vintage Adrian Pearsall chair:

https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/seating/lounge-chairs/adrian-pearsall-lounge-chair/id-f_5390513/                                                                                                                                                       

                            

            And they have this cool Adrian Pearsall swivel chair:

https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/seating/lounge-chairs/fun-adrian-pearsall-high-back-swivel-lounge-chair/id-f_5492693/

                                                                                                                                                         

                             One lady who was interested in my orange velvet chair had asked me about the bottom             and whether it had a solid bottom.  She wanted to add a swivel bottom to it.  It does not.  So she passed.

Well, we can see my prices are BARGAINS compared to 1stDibs asking prices for the real deals.  But a lot of those dealers on that site are in Miami,  New York City and Los Angeles.  So that is expected. 

I have had a lot of fun searching for vintage furniture and loved finding the Mid Century bargains for my vintage Etsy shop.

The adventures continue.

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100 Etsy Search Views Right after 1:30PM

So I just checked my stats as I am packing an order and I see i have already reached 100 views from Etsy search at 1:34 PM.  That is the earliest in WEEKS.

AND it is a Wed.  The middle of the week.  My highest view days have been Sat-Mon for a while now.

I could see early in the morning that search views were high today.

So this is encouraging.

And I also had 64 direct Google views on Sunday.  The highest also in Weeks.

Back to work.

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